hayloftn.
/ˈheɪlɒft/, /ˈheɪlɔːft/, U.S. /ˈheɪˌlɔft/, /ˈheɪˌlɑft/ A loft or storing place for hay over a stable or barn.
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hay-housea1000
loft1530
hayloft1570
hay-barn1577
tallet1586
hay-tallat1697
hay-box1885
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 35v Feare candle in hay loft in Barne and in Shed.
1789 P. Smyth tr. H. Aldrich Archit. (1818) 128 The stables with the hay-lofts placed over them.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 148 The ruined house, used as a stable and hay-loft, which stands near the Tiber at the foot of the Aventine.
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